Ted Gilmore
Assistant Head Coach, Wide Receivers, Recruiting Coordinator
Ted Gilmore enters his fifth season on the Nebraska coaching staff in 2009. He has served as the receivers coach for each of his first four years, while also handling the role of recruiting coordinator the past three years. The 42-year-old Gilmore added the role of assistant head coach on Bo Pelini’s staff.
Husker receivers have posted record-setting numbers under Gilmore’s direction, helping the NU passing game rank among the nation’s top 15 in passing and total offense each of the past two seasons. In 2008, senior Nate Swift broke 1972 Heisman Trophy winner Johnny Rodgers’ school record for career receptions. Swift finished his career with 166 catches for 2,476 yards and 22 touchdowns. Swift also set the season record for catches by wide receivers with 63 in 2008 and he finished second at Nebraska in season and career receiving yards. Todd Peterson has also excelled under Gilmore, ranking among the NU top five in career receptions and receiving yards. His 62 catches in 2008 rank third in Husker history, and Peterson also became one of the most decorated student-athletes in recent years, picking up second-team Academic All-America honors in 2008.
Gilmore is considered a rising star in the profession. In 2007, he was selected to participate in the Expert Coaches Academy in Miami, and his receivers have seen success at all of his coaching stops.
Gilmore came to Nebraska after spending two seasons on the coaching staff at the University of Colorado, where he also served as receivers coach and worked on the same staff as NU offensive coordinator Shawn Watson.
Before his stint in Boulder, Gilmore spent two years as the wide receivers coach for Joe Tiller at Purdue. Gilmore coached the top receiving tandem in the Big Ten in 2002.
Gilmore also had assistant coaching stints at Houston (2000), Kansas (1999) and his alma mater Wyoming (1997-98). He began his coaching career as a graduate assistant on Tiller’s Wyoming staff from 1994 to 1996, working with the tight ends and wide receivers.
Gilmore played his final two college seasons at Wyoming, lettering as a receiver in 1988 and 1989, after transferring from Butler County (Kan.) Community College. He caught 40 passes for a team-leading 594 yards and three touchdowns as a junior, and had 32 receptions for 445 yards and two touchdowns as a senior. He earned second-team All-Western Athletic Conference honors as a senior. Gilmore earned his bachelor’s degree in sociology from Wyoming in 1991.
A native of Wichita, Kan., Gilmore graduated from Wichita South High School, where he lettered in football, basketball and track. He and his wife, Jennifer, have a daughter, Taylor, and a son, T.J.
